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Okafor, Bernard E. "The Relation between Demographic Factors and Attitudes about Seeking Professional Counseling among Adult Nigerians Living in the United States." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1258571590.
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Olorunrinu, Kikelomo. "Nigerian Women Living in The United States are More Hirsute than Those Living in Nigeria." Yale University, 2008. http://ymtdl.med.yale.edu/theses/available/etd-08232007-131346/.
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This study was to determine if there exists a difference in the rate of hirsutism in genetically similar women in two different environments. 112 Nigerian women living in the U.S.A and 70 women living in Nigeria were surveyed. All women completed a pictorial survey scoring peripheral hair growth in 6 body areas from 0 (no significant hair growth) to 4 (severe hair growth). Total hirsutism score was calculated as a sum of individual scores. The survey also included demographic data, menstrual history, and data regarding use of hormonal treatments. Statistical comparisons between groups included t-test, nonparametric tests and chi-square test. Multiple regression analysis was carried out to identify independent predictors of peripheral hair growth. Women residing in U.S.A had a 31% higher total hirsutism score than those residing in Nigeria. This difference was not related to irregular menstrual cycle. To account for possible effects of age, B.M.I and differences in tribal origin, multiple regression analysis was performed. Location (living in U.S.A vs. Nigeria) remained the strongest predictor of total hirsutism score (P=0.02); tribal origin was also significant (P=0.04), while age and B.M.I had no independent predictive value (P>0.1). It was concluded that this difference, is not explained by factors such as age, obesity and ethnic origin. We propose that this difference may be due to differences in environmental or lifestyle factors of the women.
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Ubom, Enobong Isaac. "The socio-economic values of traditional music and dance in Nigerian development /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1992. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11301715.
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Thesis (Ed.D.) -- Teachers College, Columbia University, 1992.Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William Sayres. Dissertation Committee: Maryalice Mazzara. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183).
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Akindele, Mukadas Oyeniran. "An intervention programme for management of overweight and obese Nigerians in Lagos State, Nigeria." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4192.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDOver the past decades there has been a global increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity. The increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity leads to surging of associated co-morbidities of overweight and obesity in low/medium income countries which eventually overburdens the vulnerable health systems threatens by malnutrition and communicable diseases in low/medium income countries. The designed interventions to curb overweight/obesity in high income countries might be inappropriate to apply in low income countries, such as Nigeria, due to the different cultural norms and values regarding types of food, and physical activity. The overall aim of this study is to design an intervention that will be culturally appropriate for overweight and obesity management among Nigerians. The convergent parallel mixed method design specifically was used in this study. This involves simultaneous timing of carrying out both quantitative and qualitative strands of mixed methods during the same phase of the research process, prioritizes the methods equally, and keeps the strands autonomous during analysis and then mixes the results during overall implementation/execution. The population for the quantitative part was Nigerians residing within sixteen enumeration areas of Alimosho Local Government area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Overweight and obese Nigerians as well as traditional healers and healthcare professionals were purposely selected for the qualitative phase. Delphi study was the last phase of study which involved recruitment of healthcare professionals in the management of overweight and obesity. A sample size of 2250 was projected and approached for this while 1571 consented and participated in the study. This gave a response rate of 69.82%. About 51.2% of the sample population was male and 48.8% female. The mean age of the total sample was 35.36(SD =11.66). Using BMI, the prevalence of overweight/obesity was 42.3% using BF%, the prevalence of body fatness was 39.2% of which 62.5% were females. Data analysis shows strong positive correlation between other measures of body fatness (.694 to .872) except WHR with low but positive relationships between BF% (184), BMI (.280), WC (.495), and negative relationships with HC (-.077) and BAI (-.076). Gender, marital status and age are predictors of overweight and obesity among Nigerians. Type of diet, meal timing, reduced physical activity and genetic factor were perceived as the causes of overweight and obesity. Diet therapy, an increase in physical activity and the use of herbs were various ways perceived to assist in reducing excess body weight. Among the challenges faced by overweight and obese Nigerians were lack of time for exercise because of the nature of their jobs, lack of recreational facilities, lack of motivations and support from family members to reduce weight, lack of money and poor/lack of knowledge to reduce weight. Experts unanimously agreed that the content of a culturally appropriate intervention should be individualised and to include physical activity/exercise, diet therapy, education and self-monitoring. There was a unanimous decision that the intervention should be done for a duration of 12 weeks at health facility and should be held for between 1-2 times per week if holding at community (excluding community/ public health facility) for 12 weeks in total. In addition, experts agreed that the use of media such as television, radio, weekly newspapers and magazines should be used for preventive campaigns.
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Makun, Adetoun Jones. "International passports : portrait of the Nigerian diaspora." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002226.
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International Passports: Portraits of the Nigerian Diaspora considers notions of 'alienation‘ and 'nation-hood‘ through the lens of portraiture. This dissertation addresses issues of identity and representation in a contemporary cultural context as they pertain to the concerns presented through my current visual practice. The paintings that I have produced from 'real‘ life are primarily depictions of Nigerian individuals, friends and acquaintances (professionals and students) residing in Grahamstown, South Africa as temporary or permanent migrants. I reference the mug shot pose of identity documents and passport photographs and render them in such a way that ideas of their persona are subject to the viewer‘s gaze and deliberations, thus provoking the spectator to consider questions of 'otherness‘ and 'stereotypes‘. This provocation is subtle and complex, and in many ways I am offering the viewer a 're-looking‘, an opportunity to examine one‘s moral position and subsequent implication within the act of stereotyping an 'other‘ individual. The initial idea within this body of work was to paint images of Nigerian nationals exclusively, yet the restrictive nature of such categorization pushed me to complicate certain nationalist ideologies through the inclusion of non-Nigerian individuals. I look specifically at notions of the 'other‘ and 'strangeness‘ in a contemporary South African context and how this connects to the concept of portraiture and not simply portraiture theory but also the social theory in relation to how people are 'imaged‘. Throughout this thesis I consider several theoretical concerns in portraiture practice and discourse whilst simultaneously unpacking the psychological and social contexts that influence my practice.
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Botticello, Julie Ann. "The materialization of well-being among Yoruba-Nigerians in London." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.570314.
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The two main sites of research are in south London: one, the street market stall of a Yoruba woman and her extended social networks; the other, an independent Yoruba Pentecostal church, its leaders and members. The individual chapters draw comparisons between the market and the church, focussing on the practices undertaken and materials used to achieve physical, spiritual and social well-being, where well-being is conceptualized through the idiom of circulation. Physical health is considered by examining external material agents and their various properties for improving physical circulation and their social benefits. After, money, gifts and services, and their uses in creating useful (i.e.: reciprocal) social networks are explored as are the effects these exchange relations have on the capacity of individuals to realize themselves within a community. Exchange relations with God are addressed next, wherein exchanges are undertaken to gain a better quality of life, and to become members of a conceptual Kingdom whose power and dominion is beyond that of any nation. Lastly, children are considered, both in their mediating roles between their forebears and the resources they wish to access, and in their own right as agents who create relations for themselves, which impinge upon their identification and wellbeing as persons. This thesis shows that Yoruba Nigerians in London attain well-being by both reaffirming and expanding their identities, through the circulation of transnational goods, practices and ideas.
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Adisa, Olumide Oludolapo. "The determinants and consequences of economic vulnerability among urban elderly Nigerians." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38487/.
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In rapidly urbanising Sub-Saharan African contexts, not much is known about the economic vulnerability of elderly people and its consequences. Dominant international institutions have indicated that the economic situation of elderly people in developing countries is precarious, especially where high levels of poverty and minimal social safety nets are the norm. As a consequence, the impact of economic vulnerability can be quite punishing on disadvantaged households with an ageing elderly person. Yet, the case of urban elderly Nigerians has thus far remained largely unresearched. This thesis represents a quantitative investigation of economic vulnerability amongst urban elderly Nigerians and its health-related consequences, examined through a consumption allocation welfare measure. It draws on economic, gerontological, and sociological perspectives to undertake this task. The key drivers of economic vulnerability and resulting consequences are likely to be complex and varied. Urban Elderly Nigerians may be economically vulnerable because they possess certain pre-disposing characteristics. This study is concerned with investigating these associated determinants of economic vulnerability amongst urban elderly Nigerians using a recent nationally representative household survey—the Nigerian General Household Panel Survey (NGHPS), which was collected by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2010. The first part of the study examines the determinants of economic vulnerability, through the use of a consumption allocation model. The findings of this study reveal that the age of the household head, household size, household structure, and regional location, are key determinants of economic vulnerability amongst urban elderly households in Nigeria. As a consequence, does economic vulnerability (represented by consumption allocation) influence health status and spending amongst elderly Nigerian households? I extracted useful data from the NGHPS to address this pertinent question. This is the second part of the study. The findings suggest that economic vulnerability is strongly related to health status and health spending. This thesis highlights key methodological challenges in using a secondary data source to study economic vulnerability amongst elderly people in a developing country context. The study also offers some policy options to tackle economic vulnerability among elderly households in urban Nigeria, and its health-related consequences.
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Adigun, Isaac Olusola. "A study of cross-national and sub-cultural differences in job attitudes of Nigerian employees." Thesis, University of Kent, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328115.
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Oyebola, Folajimi [Verfasser], and Dagmar [Akademischer Betreuer] Deuber. "Attitudes of Nigerians towards Accents of English / Folajimi Oyebola ; Betreuer: Dagmar Deuber." Münster : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1240763549/34.
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Abubakar, Abdullahi Tasiu. "Media consumption amid contestation : Northern Nigerians' engagement with the BBC World Service." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2011. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/8zwqz/media-consumption-amid-contestation-northern-nigerians-engagement-with-the-bbc-world-service.
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This study primarily examines the dynamics of the long-term relationship between the BBC World Service and its mainly Muslim Northern Nigerian audiences. It broadly explores the pattern and consequences of Northern Nigerians’ interactions with international media, focusing particularly on their engagement with the BBC World Service. Employing a multidimensional qualitative research approach, the study examines the historical background of the relationship, the transformations it has undergone, and how the current dynamics of global geopolitics and advances in communications technologies are redefining it. It looks at the complex processes and procedures of both media content production and reception. On the production side, it unveils the BBC’s contradictory functions of providing ‘impartial’ international news service and promoting British public diplomacy, the complexity of its relationship with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the nature of its engagement with distribution technologies. On the reception side, the mainly Muslim Northern Nigerians are found to be high consumers of BBC news and current affairs programmes but with considerable level of selectivity. Although they see BBC as the most credible international broadcaster that aids their comprehension of international affairs and generally influences their everyday life, they still regard it as essentially a Western cultural and ideological instrument that portrays the West positively and depicts the Muslim world and Africa negatively. The findings point to patterns and particularities of postcolonial transnational audiences’ consumption of media that suggest new conceptual and theoretical strands in reception research. They indicate audiences’ tendency to exhibit a phenomenon of selective believability in their interactions with transnational media; the mediating role of religion, culture and ideology in such interactions; and the dynamics of credibility and believability. Credibility is found to be a necessary but not sufficient condition for believability in audiences’ consumption of dissonant media messages.
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Lebeau, Yann. "Dans l'univers fragmenté des campus nigerians : étude des transformations de l'identité sociale et du statut de la population étudiante au Nigeria." Paris, EHESS, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995EHES0028.
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The nigerian educational system has benefited during the sixties and seventies by a continuous financial support. During this period a particular emphasis has been laid on the development of tertiary institutions,meant to assure the replacement of the expatriate high-level staff of the former colonial power,and to promote the new elite of the federation. The cost of this policy,more inspired by political consideration than by a genuine appraisal of the country's needs,led nigeria to introduce a "qualitative reorientation" in the access to its higher institutions in the early eighties by reinforcing the entrance selection and by reducing the number and the amount of student scholarships. In addition,nigeria sustained the effects of the eighties social and economic crisis,marked by the introduction of a structural adjustement programme under the aegis of the world bank. This connexion between external and internal factors induced a process of transformation of the students' status and social identity,by increasing socio-economic and geographical disparities in the access to higher education,and by upsetting the traditionnal hierarchy of the student popumation till then based on principles of seniority and execellence. In a context of disintitutionalisation of the social cohesion on the campuses,the author develops the thesis of a resistance opposed by the students,:most of them being still from modest and rural or suburdan backgrounds,to the strengthening of social inequalities in their conditions of learning and to the breaking up of their study environment.
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Onyigbuo, Chineme. "Exploring health-seeking behaviours among Nigerians in the UK : towards improved healthcare utilisation." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2016. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/21324/.
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The changing face of patient’s populations in the UK has resulted in notable increases in cultural diversity that impact on health care service provision, access and utilisation; with health services underutilisation, prevalent more among immigrants due to heavy reliance on cultural and religious cure methods. The aim of this thesis therefore, was to explore how Nigerians in the UK engage with the British health system. This objective was pursued by integrating immigration issues, with factors associated with decisions to seek medical help, including health beliefs, access, attitudes, cognitions, and socio-political and religious experiences (past and present) that impact upon health outcomes. A triangulation approach was employed, involving a critical review of measures, and four empirical studies consisting of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Results show that health-seeking behaviours among Nigerians were best accounted for by their religious and cultural beliefs, as typified by their health context before migration. Religion was not found as a barrier to medical help-seeking; the regression analysis revealed that belonging to the Christian religious group predicted increased medical help-seeking; although assimilation to the British culture was associated with reduced religious behaviours. However, the role of other religious groups regarding medical help-seeking remains unclear, and needs a more focused study. In addition, care providers mainly agreed on the benefits of integrating the spiritual methods into formal healthcare systems, bringing some challenges which were tentatively negotiated through the theory of transformative coping (TTC). Findings have implications for research, policies, and clinical practice, particularly when culture-sensitive and integrated health interventions are tailored to the needs of the diverse immigrant populations in the UK.
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Katibi, Ibraheem A. "Establishment of normal limits of the electrocardiogram in healthy Nigerians using automated methods." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2011. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5650/.
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Automated analysis of the electrocardiogram (ECG) has been of increasing importance over the past five decades. Establishment of the normal limits of the ECG in any population is the first step before computer application in ECG interpretation in that population. Normal limits of the ECG have been established for different racial groups in the Western world using automated methods and subsequently followed up with the design of appropriate computerbased diagnostic software for ECG analysis. Unfortunately, this has not been the case for the indigenous black African nations even though this group represents a quarter of the world population. Earlier studies, using manual ECG analysis in Africans and indeed, more recent comparative studies between White and African Americans on the one hand and British and Chinese populations on the other have convincingly demonstrated racial variation in the ECG. The present study is therefore aimed at deriving normal limits of the ECG from a large population of healthy individuals living in Nigeria. This ultimately will serve as a template for the evolution of appropriate computer software applicable to ECG interpretations in black Africans. In the same vein, by using automated methodsmethods, normal limits of the ECG have been shown to be age and sex-dependent in different racial groups. All previous work on the ECG recorded in Nigeria and indeed, the West African sub region, has mostly quoted a single normal range of ECG variables for all ages. This is probably because robust computer application was never used to analyse the ECGs. For the first time in the indigenous black Africans, the present study aimed to establish age and sex-specific normal limits of the ECG in this population. The thesis initially reviews the number of ECGs that are recorded worldwide annually as a way of underscoring the clinical significance of setting out to establish the age and sex-dependent normal limits for Africans. Thereafter, a chronological review of the history and evolution of the ECG is presented, bringing into perspective, how, at each stage of evolution, the need and genuine desire to make things better had propelled creativity and invention. The history starts with the first recording of the human ECG in 1887, through the early 1900s when buckets of electrolytes served as ECG electrodes and ends at the modern day recording of the 12-Lead resting ECG using portable and sophisticated machines equipped with microprocessor chips for ECG interpretation. Subsequently, other modern applications of the ECG such as the signal averaged ECG, Holter ECG, exercise ECG and vectorcardiography are briefly reviewed before a discussion on the current status of the ECG and its challenges in today’s world which is propelled largely by technology. The historical evolution of computer applications in the field of ECG interpretation is also thoroughly reviewed since the present work is the first comprehensive application of automated ECG analysis undertaken in an apparently healthy Nigerian population and indeed, in any indigenous black African population. Different automated ECG analysis programs from different centres and applied to different racial populations are also presented and in the process, highlight the fact that there has been none adapted for black Africans, in spite of the well established racial dissimilarity in the ECG. The Common Standards for Quantitative Electrocardiography (CSE) project is also discussed to underscore how computer application has come a long way in the analysis and diagnostic interpretation of the ECG. The University of Glasgow ECG Analysis program (Uni-G) is also extensively discussed as this is the program which has been deployed in the analysis of the ECGs in this study. Since the program has already been designed to receive race as an input, the opportunity exists, after this study, to extend the program for the African population, using the new set of normal limits established in this study. The normal electrocardiogram is also reviewed from basic physiology to computer analysis in order to set the appropriate frame-work for the scope of the work done in the study. The normal ECG in different racial groups is also discussed before focusing on the history of ECG recording among Nigerians dating back to the early 1960s. iv iv In the present study, 12 lead ECGs were recorded using a Cardiac Science Atria 6100 electrocardiograph in and around Ilorin, Nigeria. A detailed description of the study site is provided in the Thesis. Apparently healthy volunteers were recruited from the University of Ilorin and from surrounding villages. Each was medically examined by the author and a detailed medical history obtained. A total of 1500 participants were initially recruited into the study of whom 239 were excluded from the final analysis due to technical inadequacies in ECG recording or the presence of an unexpected ECG abnormality such as a conduction defect. ECGs recorded in Nigeria were transferred locally to a PC and sent on a CD to the Central Core ECG Laboratory in Glasgow Royal Infirmary for further analysis, using the Uni-G ECG Analysis program. The ECG variable measurements output from the program were subjected to statistical analysis using SAS v9.1 in the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics. Plots and summary statistics were used to assess the relationship with age and sex. Regression techniques were used to assess formal relationships. Normal ranges were established by splitting the data into age and sex subgroups and by calculating the 96th percentile range within each subgroup. This was done for each and every one of the ECG variables which totalled well over 600. The normal limits of the electrocardiogram in Nigerians are presented and the results compared with existing databases for British and Chinese populations derived in the same laboratory where the analysis was done using the same ECG computer analysis program. The results presented confirm, beyond reasonable doubt, that there indeed are striking racial differences in the normal ECG. The study included 782 males and 479 females, all apparently healthy, with a relatively even spread of ages between 20 and 87 years. The normal limits of the R amplitude in lead V5 ranged between 0.64 to 3.45mV and 0.83 to 3.80 mV in males and females respectively. For S amplitude in lead V2, the normal limits ranged between -3.91 to -0.33mV and -3.1 to -3.8mV in males and females respectively. Voltages were generally higher in males than females except in lead I. The younger age group tended to exhibit higher amplitudes for the R wave but not for the S wave which tended to increase with advancing age, particularly in females. The Cornell product {(RaVL+SV3)xQRSd} was higher in all male age groups compared to corresponding female groups. It decreased with increasing age in males but the reverse was true in females. This is at variance with the trend in the British and Chinese populations with which this data was compared. The Nigerian population, in this study, generated higher voltages than either the British or Chinese populations. The 96th percentile range for the heart rate was 55 to 112 beats per minute in females and 53 to 105 beats per minute in males. Ninety percent of the entire study population had a heart rate between 60 and 100 beats per minute. Heart rate was higher in females than males in all age groups and increased with age. The mean heart rate was 81+14 beats per minute in females and 75+13 beats per minute in males (p<0.0001). A similar trend was observed in the British and Chinese populations. Nigerians, however, had the highest mean heart rates for the different age groups among the three populations. Mean QRS duration in males was 87.8+9.4ms and 83.4+7.7ms in females (p<0.0001). Variation of QRS duration across age groups was not statistically significant.
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Aham-Anyanwu, Nnanyelugo McAnthony. "Enhancing e-participation through a citizen-content engagement framework : the perspective of Nigerians." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2016. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/31603/.
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Governments around the world are increasingly investing in the publication of data and information on the internet in a bid to promote transparency and public engagement. However, studies have found that there is a poor audience and citizens’ engagement with online contents in general, and with governments’ digital data and information in particular. Studies have also shown that it is important that governments who seek to engage the citizens in State’s decisionmaking process should first engage them with their informative online contents. But the challenge is that e-public engagement research has been predominantly techno-centric. Therefore, with an exploratory research design and a sequential-mixed methods approach, this study investigated the factors influencing citizens’ engagement with governments’ online contents based on the views of Nigerians. From the qualitative phase of the study, a citizen-content engagement (C-CE) model was developed. This model was then tested in the quantitative phase, and findings indicate that citizens’ engagement with governments’ online contents (CE) is directly influenced by the quality and ability of the contents in meeting the citizens’ information need (INPCQ), and by the citizens’ affinity for governments’ platforms (IVP). IVP is influenced by trust in the government (TGA), the ability to actively participate in information creation on governments platforms (CC), and the ability to interact and deliberate with other citizens and government’s officials on those platforms (IDelib). Governments’ platform-type and citizens’ level of political awareness also played a moderating role on IVP. Governments’ use of social media was found to be more important than the use of websites in the influence of TGA, CC, and IDelib on IVP. Poor level of political awareness was more important than the optimal level of political awareness in the influence of IVP on CE, which indicates that the more aware citizens are about the government, the less the affinity they have for their platforms. This research is important as the outcome may help governments that are interested in e-participation to shape their contents better in ways that would encourage citizencontent engagement and citizen participation.
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Chukwu, Linda. "Parental Involvement in Education : Parental involvement in Education amongst Nigerians parents in Sweden." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Pedagogik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-38751.
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Parental involvement is the foundation of every child‟s progress in school. Those whose parents are fully involved in their education tend to do better academically than those whose parents are not. This qualitative study explores the parent‟s perception of their involvement in education of their children. The method employed was a semi-structured interview and the participants were 12 Nigerian parents who had children within the age range of 6-13 in three schools in Stockholm, Sweden. The findings from this study indicate that parents acknowledge the importance of parental involvement in education while at the same time acknowledging the challenges experienced in participating fully in the education of their children.
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Adeniyi, Abiodun Gabriel. "Internet and diasporic communication : dispersed Nigerians and the mediation of distance, longing and belonging." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2008. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1454/.
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This research investigates Internet uses and the potentials for transnational connections, for the development of a sense of nationalism, and for the construction of identity. Its focal point is on the case of the Nigerian diaspora. Though focussing mainly on the Internet, the role of other media are also highlighted in order to understand the complexities of long distance communication and the meanings of mediated connection within the broader context of international communications. The work analyses migrant uses and appropriations of media and communication technologies that enable a triangular framework of possibilities (i.) for longing and belonging, (ii.) for connecting migrants with Nigeria and (iii.) for shaping diasporic connections among the migrants in transnational and national contexts. The project employs qualitative and quantitative research methods, which include interviews, participant observation and survey, in an attempt to locate the practices and the meanings of Internet connections and online media activities.
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Okiri, Okeyim Matthew. "The state and migration of Nigerians into the European Union to live in Spain." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/28375.
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Adebesin, Brooklyn Sijuade. "Media, Migration and Integration : An analysis of the media practices of Nigerians in Stockholm Sweden." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för mediestudier, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-91012.
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This study deals with the issue of migrants and their use of media to facilitate integration and negotiate nostalgia, identity and other social factors that ensue during the analysis of six selected Nigerian migrants in Stockholm. By means of a two-step ethnographic approach the empirical material is obtained from documented media use logs and semi-structured interviews of six Nigerian informants in Stockholm. This study sets out to discover the social factors that influence or shape the media practices of Nigerian migrants; furthermore, to understand the concept of nostalgia, integration and more descriptive concept of media use from the perspective such as: the number of years the participants have lived in Sweden, gender and ethnicity. The results show the motivation behind the media use of participants with emphasis on how Nigerian migrants use media in terms of type of medium used and frequency of use. Additionally, results show how social factors such as: ethnicity, gender, education, work and the number of years lived in Sweden play a role in influencing the media practices of the selected Nigerian migrants in Stockholm while likewise exhibiting a difference in the media practices of participants who have lived in Sweden for the same number of years. In conclusion, results display how the in number of years lived in Sweden in addition to other individual factors played a role in the media use of the participants. The results also show how the participants use media to negotiate nostalgia and ethnic identities.
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Iheanacho, Lawrence N. "Investigating Unethical Business Decisions Of Eastern And Western Nigerians: The Role Of Future Self-Continuity." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105118.
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Future self-continuity has been noted as a major factor that determines unethical business decisions, but its mediating effect on the difference in individuals from cross-cultural settings is yet to be adequately examined. This study investigated unethical business decisions of Eastern and Western Nigerians; and the mediating role of future self-continuity. A total of 197 post graduate university students selected through convenience sampling were used for the cross-sectional study. Participants filled a self-administered close ended questionnaire measuring their unethical business decisions and future self-continuity. Pearson correlation analysis, independent t-test and Baron and Kenny’s method of mediation analysis were used to analyze the data collected. Result revealed that greater future self-continuity led to fewer unethical business decisions. Significant differences were noticed in the expression of unethical business and future self-continuity of Eastern and Western Nigerians. Future self-continuity did not mediate the difference noticed between the Eastern and Western Nigerians in their unethical business decision. In conclusion, future self-continuity is not a significant mediator of the observed difference in unethical business decisions of Eastern and Western Nigerians.
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Omoni, Johnson O. (Johnson Olaleran) 1945. "A Critical Examination and Analysis of Differences in Perceived Levels of Marital Satisfaction among Nigerian Couples in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277897/.
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The purpose of this investigation was to critically examine differences in the perceived levels of marital satisfaction among Nigerians living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A realistic appraisal of this group's perceived levels of marital satisfaction provided the basis for this pragmatic and academically useful study which is especially valuable to professionals involved in cross-cultural counseling.
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Peano, Irene. "Ambiguous bonds : a contextual study of Nigerian sex labour in Italy." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609561.
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Gimba, Solomon M. "Development of a school based mental health programme to meet the mental health needs of adolescents in Plateau State, Nigeria." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/413693.
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Background: Poor access to and uptake of mental health interventions by adults and even adolescents has been highlighted in Nigeria and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The literature indicates that less than 10% of Nigerians including the adolescent population access mental health intervention (Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), 2013). The dearth of human and infrastructural resources among other resources have been highlighted as the predisposing factors to poor access. For instance, published findings have revealed that there are only eight psychiatric hospitals and 36 mental health units (in the general hospitals located across the 36 states of the country) that provide mental health interventions to over 214 million Nigerians (World Health Organisation, 2014b). This study was undertaken to develop a school based mental health programme (SBMHP) that will help to improve access to and uptake of mental health interventions by the adolescent population. Methods: A multiphase qualitative case study design was adopted to undertake this study. In Phase I, the researcher undertook a systematic literature review to identify the modules of SBMHPs that have been implemented in LMICs. A total of 11 articles were reviewed to elicit seven modules that were used as baseline data to guide phase II data collection. Phase II was done to generate culturally sensitive modules from participants drawn from diverse disciplines. 10 modules were generated from the 26 key informant interviews that were conducted. In Phase III, the researcher carried out triangulation of the findings from Phases II and III, to develop a hybrid programme. 10 modules were generated from this process. Phase IV involved the conduct of focus group discussions (FGD) with parents and teachers to confirm the applicability of the modules of the proposed hybrid programme and to subsequently modify the programme. A total of nine modules and three facilitators were generated from this Phase. 36 focus group discussants were involved in this Phase. Finally in Phase V, the researcher undertook member checking of the findings of the study to ensure rigour or trustworthiness of the study. The data were analysed using the five phases of analysis highlighted by Blanche et al. (2006). Results: The study findings were documented in four chapters. A total of seven modules, namely, an introduction module, a communication and relationship module, a psychoeducation module, a cognitive skills module, a behavioural skills module, a module on establishing social networks for recovery and help seeking behavioural activities, and a conclusion module were revealed from Phase I (Chapter Three). Five themes were generated from Phase II (Chapter Four). These themes were knowledge of mental health; adolescence and mental health; mental health institutions; access to mental health interventions; and the range of mental health interventions. In Chapter Five (Phase III), ten modules were reported as findings. The modules were as follows: introduction; life skills; social support; behavioural skills; mental health literacy; early diagnosis, treatment, and referral; creating and maintaining a healthy school environment; developing vocational skills; an overarching element and conclusion. Finally, nine modules and three facilitators were reported in Chapter Six (Phase IV). The modules include introduction; mental health literacy; life skills; behavioural skills; vocational skills; early diagnosis, treatment, and referral; social support; religious and traditional support; and conclusion. The facilitators included healthy environment; advocacy on resources (both human and capital); and training of teachers, parents, and other stakeholders. Other findings included the cultural sensitivity of the modules, recognising that spiritual and religious healers are part of the first line of contact, a concern with mental health problems in primary school children, and factors influencing the help seeking behaviour of parents and their children. Conclusion: This is the first study to generate culturally sensitive modules in LMICs. The findings of this study identified implications for policy development and deployment, the practice of child and adolescent mental health in schools and future studies. Some of the implications were as follows: advocacy for the inclusion of the contents of the developed school-based programme in the school curriculum; the development of some basic child and adolescent documents that will guide provision of mental health interventions in Plateau State; development of a protocol that can be used to provide mental health first aid in schools; and if applicable early identification and treatment. This study also produced a baseline programme that can be used to provide a myriad of interventions (mental health promotion, prevention, and early diagnosis and treatment) in schools in Plateau State, Nigeria and possibly other LMICs.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Health Sci & Soc Wrk
Griffith Health
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Patsiaoura, Evanthia. "Let the music bring in the spirit : experiencing faith, community and belonging among Nigerians in Greece." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.696161.
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This doctoral study discusses emergent worlds of Nigerian migrants in Greece. Music making is a key aspect of the ways in which these worlds are formed, experienced and manifested; thus, it is a powerful means to understand Nigerian presences in Greece. My ethnographic accounts draw from fieldwork I conducted for a period of fifteen months, from May 2012 to September 2013, during which I followed musical activities among Nigerians mainly in the capital city of Athens, but also in the Greek island of Santorini. This work concerns musical practices that shape and reflect experiences of belonging and community making. My preliminary focus is on Nigerian-initiated Pentecostal congregations in Athens, which I discuss in relation to gospel music making and the ways in which particular ways of practising faith, in both musical and spiritual terms, establish tight-knit communities of belonging and broader networks of such communities among Nigerian Christians in the diaspora. Some music ministers, as the musicians working for Nigerian Pentecostal congregations are called, appear to make music for 'sacred' settings exclusively, while others extend their endeavours to professional music contexts outside church. This work, therefore, also focuses upon a second arena in which Nigerian musicians engage in the 'secular' realm, where they collaborate with primarily Greek musicians. For those musicians whose activities span both gospel music making and secular music genres and environments, performance qualities and aspects of sociability between worlds in and outside the church seem to overlap, whilst generating negotiable, ongoing reconstructions of the socio-musical worlds in which musicians situate themselves and develop senses of belonging. Even in their collaborations with Greek musicians and audiences of diverse backgrounds, however, a degree of Nigerian-ness is evident in performances. This Nigerian-ness manifests itself through 'participatory music making' and 'music ministration', two modes of being musically that typify belongings in the sacred realm and are carried into the secular world through the musical practices of Nigerian musicians whose musical background lies within Nigerian Pentecostal Christianity.
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Nnebedum, Chigozie [Verfasser]. "Human Trafficking as a Quintessence of 21st Century Slavery : The Vulnerability of Nigerians in Austria / Chigozie Nnebedum." Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1140368664/34.
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Okoro, Iheanyi Emmanuel. "The Role of the U.S. Mass Media in the Political Socialization of Nigerian Immigrants in the United States." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279111/.
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A mail survey of Nigerian immigrants in Dallas, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois, was conducted during October and November 1995. Four hundred and sixty-eight Nigerian immigrant families in the two cities were selected by systematic sampling through the telephone books. Return rate was approximately 40% (187). The variables included in the study were media exposure variables, general demographics, immigration traits, U.S. demographics, Nigerian demographics, and political and cultural traits. New variables which had not been included in previous studies were also tested in this study: television talk shows, talk radio, diffuse support for the U.S. political system, authoritarianism, self-esteem, and political participation. This study employed multiple regression analysis and path analysis of the data. This study found that Nigerian immigrants have high preference for television news as their main source of political information. This finding is in consonance with previous studies. Nigerian immigrants chose ABC news stations as their number one news station for political information. Strong positive associations existed between media exposure and length of stay in the United States and interest in U.S. politics. Talk radio positively associated with interest in U.S. politics and negatively associated with length of stay in the United States. Thus, this finding likely means that talk radio is a good source of political socialization for more recently arrived immigrants and those interested in U.S. politics. Significant associations existed between diffuse support for the U.S. government and interest in politics and security of immigration status. This study also found that adjustment to U.S. political culture was a function of media exposure, pre-immigration social class, diffuse support for the U.S. political system, and political knowledge.
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Uzuegbunam, Chikezie E. "The digital lifeworlds of young Nigerians – Exploring rural and urban teens’ practices with, and negotiation of, digital technology." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31316.
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This study investigates the digital lifeworlds of rural and urban 13- to 18-year old young people in an African, specifically Nigerian, context. Children and young people’s digital lifeworlds and practices with technology in the global North is well researched and documented. By contrast, research focusing on their counterparts, particularly pre-teens’ and teenagers’ digital practices and participation in Africa is still largely limited and exploratory; and the field underdeveloped. This is more so despite the important role played by digital communication technologies in children and young people’s everyday life. Privileging the use of a mixed methods approach, this study conducted 16 focus group discussions with 175 participants and a survey of 380 respondents in public and private schools sampled across two of Nigeria’s major geopolitical zones. Supported by the child-centred approach and the domestication framework by Silverstone, Hirsch and Morley (1992), the study provides a multi-layered portrait of the ways in which Nigerian teens access, understand, work and play with and negotiate the digital technologies that are available to them. The study also broadly pays attention to how young people constitute their digital lives and the role played by contextual dynamics and community networks such as family, school and others. It was found that young people in Nigeria have a considerable access to and are predominantly using mobile phones and the Internet (via the ‘mobile internet’). However, this did not preclude the divides and marginalities between children from dissimilar social backgrounds. Teens’ significant outcomes with technology mostly centre around the need for communication and interaction with friends first, and then family. They also primarily use technology to cultivate and maintain their peer culture, for self-care, dealing with mental wellbeing, and as a critical resource for education and information-seeking. Nigerian children’s digital practices are substantially shaped and at the same time undermined by various mediators or digital gatekeepers. These include parents, teachers, guardians and older adults who are presented mostly as prohibitors and moral panic mongers. Issues such as the absence of digital literacy and skill on the part of the children, their parents and teachers also limit the teens’ agency and digital opportunities and result in unchecked risks such as access to pornography, meeting online with strangers/online grooming, distractions, identity issues/negative role modelling. Moreover, the opportunities and benefits of technology in children’s lives remain precarious, stratified and complex. This study attempts to place children’s digital lifeworlds in its wider socio-spatial context and experience, contributing an important dimension to children’s digital practices, especially as there exists a resonant paucity of and apathy towards research and scholarship in children and media studies in Africa. Techno-shaming children into silence, fear, scepticism, guilt or moral panic is a common, but flawed strategy. Instead, it is suggested that government, schools and families should reconsider the precarious subjective-subordinate and marginalised position of young people and allow them the agency to contribute to decisions relating to their digital lives. Adult decision makers must focus on expanding Nigerian teens’ digital opportunities and rights. There is equally the need to develop resources that might help empower parents, families and adults by providing knowledge of the opportunities and risks of the digital age.
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Abedi-Anim, MeCherri. "Bound by Blackness: African Migration, Black Identity, and Linked Fate in Post-Civil Rights America." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/22696.
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This dissertation explores the identity formation of Ethiopian and Nigerian immigrants, their second generation children, and native born African Americans who reside in the Seattle metropolitan area. Using boundary formation theory, I argue that African immigrants and their second generation children are developing a shared sense of Black identity and racial solidarity (linked fate) with native born African Americans. This shared Black identity is illustrated through both Africans and African Americans’ recognition of one another as racial group members, the constraints on their Black identities, and their navigation of similar institutional and political contexts. I argue that this is highly suggestive of an expansion of the Black racial boundary, and the reconstitution of Black identity in the post-Civil Rights Era.
Despite some boundary contraction within the Black racial category by some 1st generation Africans, the African 1.5 and second generation are engaging in boundary crossing particularly with African Americans through their bicultural identities. This process appears to be leading to the blurring of boundaries between the children of African immigrants and native born African Americans, especially through the 1.5 and second generations involvement and integration into African American social and professional organizations. Evidence presented in this dissertation suggests that there is a weakening of ethnic identity among the African 1.5 and second generation. This weakening of ethnic identity among the children of Ethiopians and Nigerians suggest subsequent generations of Africans born here in the United States will eventually be absorbed into an undifferentiated African American/Black category.
Keywords: Ethiopians, Nigerians, African Americans, linked fate, Black identity, Africans
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Ogbuagu, Buster C. "In search of communal identity : the role of the Black community in identity formation among Nigerian youth." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=113828.
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This study explores the impact of racism on the identity construction of Black Nigerian youth in Montreal. Several themes, related to socialization, family, education, integration, employment, racism, marginalization and social exclusion emerged from phenomenological interviews of 10 Nigerian youth, 5 parents and 3 community leaders. These expressions of their lived experiences exposed the negative impact of racism and racist discourses of the Canadian society on minority groups. It simultaneously showed, through the acquisition of pro-social skills, the extent that marginalized groups, as depicted by Nigerian youth, formulate resiliency and strategies to resist and deconstruct their "othering," in order to construct a healthy identity.
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Anoliefo, Emeka Emmanuel. "Impact of the telecommunication industry on the socio-economic life of Nigerians : Okata area of Lagos as case study / E.E. Anoliefo." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4306.
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Awokoya, Janet Tolulope. ""I'm not enough of anything!" the racial and ethnic identity constructions and negotiations of one-point-five and second generation Nigerians /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/9562.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2009.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in paper. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Busari, Olasunkanmi Abiola. "The Spatial Distribution and Socioeconomic Impacts of African Immigrants in the US: The Case of Nigerians in Toledo Metropolitan Region, Northwest Ohio." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1573836229975897.
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Neave, Penny. "The burden of imported malaria among Nigerians and Ghanaians living in London : understanding the influences of the social, cultural, environmental, economic and structural context." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2013. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/4646553/.
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The majority of reports of imported malaria in Europe come from the UK, France, Germany and Italy. Most of those affected are of African origin visiting friends and relatives (VFRs). There is little understanding of the factors that enhance and constrain effective malaria prevention practices in this group. Two studies were undertaken to investigate this. An epidemiological analysis of 13813 reports made in the UK between 2001 and 2008 showed that 58% lived in London, where 83% of infections were caused by Plasmodiumfalciparum. The rate per 100000 offalciparum infections in the capital in 2008 in those categorised as of "Black African" ethnicity was 131.0 (CI: 120.0-142.1), compared to 0.3 (CI: 0.2-0.5) amongst the "White British". To investigate factors influencing the behaviours of VFRs, semi-structured interviews were undertaken with African VFRs resident in the UK visiting Nigeria and Ghana (n = 20), malaria patients (n= 6), practice nurses (n= 10), GPs (n = 10), community pharmacists (n= 7) and hospital consultants (n= 3). Factors influencing the use of mosquito avoidance methods included knowledge about the local environment, a perceived inevitability of contracting malaria, and a desire to use methods common amongst host families. Chemoprophylaxis use was influenced by perceptions of susceptibility, by previous experiences of malaria, perceptions of the seriousness of malaria, and peer pressure. Relevant structural factors included the cost of chemoprophylaxis and difficulties in accessing health advice. This research showed that in managing malaria, VFRs choose pragmatically between two parallel social and environmental contexts and the structural constraints associated with each. A novel conceptual framework shows the complex manner in which these interact, and may be appropriate in different countries and also in future research investigating other travel-related diseases in migrants. Practical recommendations for research priorities within the UK imported malaria context are made.
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Okpalaoka, Chinwe L. ""You don't look like one, so how are you African?" how West African immigrant girls in the U.S. learn to (re)negotiate ethnic identities in home and school contexts /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1230605597.
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Mustapha, Abubakar A. "United States-Nigeria relations: impact on Nigeria’s security." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44629.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThis thesis examines how U.S.-Nigerian relations can be optimized to reduce the growing insecurity in Nigeria and reestablish Nigeria in the strategic calculus of ensuring Africa’s regional stability. It analyzes why U.S. security programs are not achieving their desired outcomes despite increased U.S. assistance. It also assesses the 2012 U.S. Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa and U.S. security programs with respect to Nigeria’s security challenges. The thesis reveals that poor outcomes are not due to program-problem mismatch, but due to the U.S. bureaucratic bottlenecks in Washington and the incapacity of the Nigerian security agencies. The underlying causes of insecurity in Nigeria, such as low literacy rates, poverty, and weak institutions, also impinge on the program. The remedies lie in repositioning Nigeria’s security agencies and building Nigeria’s institutions to address the underlying causes of insecurity. The U.S. government also needs to prioritize its humanitarian programs to address more specific problems.
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Igbokwe, Gordon. "A study of the Socio-Economic Integration of Highly-Skilled Nigerian Migrants in Cape Town." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7317.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDMigration is an important topic, not only for researchers in South Africa, but also for policymakers and the media. It is an issue at the top of the national and international agenda. In the debate on migration and the literature, voices of migrants themselves remain mostly unheard. The public perceptions and policy-making are often based on fear, stereotypes and common myths rather than reality. In this study, the researcher aimed to examine the socio-economic integration challenges of highly-skilled Nigerian migrants and how they may help contribute their skills towards the socioeconomic development of South Africa to potentially inform the national migration policy, as well as future research. Methodologically, the researcher conducted a mixed-method study using an interpretive paradigm. Data were derived from 22 semi-structured interviews and six in-depth interviews. The study used a combination of purposive and snowballing sampling techniques, where semi-structured and in-depth interviews, as well as observations, were also carried out. Data gathered were analysed using thematic analysis.
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Ihim, Anthony Chukwuma. "A biblical teaching series to create a change in attitude toward God's ability to meet the needs of Nigerian immigrants /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1328047191&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Dokun-Mowete, Christine Adekemi. "Using Multi-Theory Model to Predict Low Salt Intake - Nigerian Adults with Hypertension." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4279.
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Hypertension is a chronic non-communicable disease and a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, renal malfunction, disability, and premature death. One of the public health recommendations for the management of hypertension is the reduction of sodium/salt intake. There is need to develop and implement new evidence-based theoretical interventions to initiate and sustain behavior change in health education and promotion. Therefore, the quantitative cross-sectional method and design was used to investigate the adequacy of multi-theory model (MTM) constructs for the initiation and the sustenance of low sodium/salt intake behavior in hypertensive Nigerian adults. In addition, the impact of the MTM (initiation) constructs on actual salt/sodium intake was evaluated to validate self-reported behavior. A convenience sample of 149 consenting Nigerian adults with hypertension and of ages 20 to 60 years, self -administered the valid and reliable 39-item MTM instrument. The findings of confirmatory factor analysis showed construct validity of subscales for the initiation and sustenance model. All items loading for the two models were significant, p < 0.001. Multivariate regression analysis revealed 40.6% of the variance in initiating the consumption of low salt diets explained by advantages outweighing disadvantages, behavioral confidence, and changes in physical environment. About 41.8 % of the variance to sustain the intake of low salt diet was explained by emotional transformation, practice for change, and changes in social environment. The results justified the predictive role of MTM and adequacy of its utility to build evidence-based health education programs and interventions to address the health need of people with hypertension and contribute to social change in the country.
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Gabriel, Israel O. "Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a psychosocial intervention on the quality of life of adult Nigerians with cancer and their family caregivers: A multi-method study." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/420613.
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Nigeria's capacity to treat adults with cancer is limited due to a lack of human resources and medical facilities. Adults diagnosed with cancer rely largely on their family caregivers for support throughout their cancer journey. According to current cancer research, both persons with cancer and their family caregivers report unmet social, spiritual, informational, and psychological needs. Interventions to improve the health-related quality of life of persons with cancer and their family caregivers have been conducted mainly in high-income countries, with limited research in Africa, particularly Nigeria.
The purpose of this PhD program of work was to develop and test the feasibility and effectiveness of a psychosocial intervention on the social, spiritual, and informational needs, as well as cancer health literacy and health-related quality of life, of adults living with cancer and their families in Nigeria. The thesis is presented as a series of published and unpublished papers, comprising five sequential studies.
A sequential, complementary, multi-method approach was applied, in which data and findings from one study served as the foundation and direction for the next. The Hodge Spirituality Framework and the Supportive Care Model for Cancer Care were used to guide the study. The Spiritual Framework articulates seven distinct explanations for how spirituality promotes health. The Supportive Care Model denotes seven key areas of need to assist in conceptualising what cancer patients require and how service delivery could be planned.
Study One was a systematic review of the literature that aimed to determine contextual factors relating to the use of psychosocial support by adults with cancer and their family caregivers. There was a dearth of research on effective psychosocial interventions for cancer patients and family caregivers in low-income countries. The literature review concluded that interventions for adults with cancer and family caregivers in Africa must be conceptually motivated, culturally appropriate, and tailored to meet local needs.
A cross-sectional quantitative design was used in Study Two to determine the needs, health literacy, and health-related quality of life of adults with cancer and their family caregivers (n = 240) in Nigeria. Adults living with cancer and their families both had considerable psychosocial needs that adversely affect their health-related quality of life. There were consistent relationships between psychosocial needs, cancer health literacy, and health-related quality of life. The findings underscored the relevance of addressing the psychosocial needs and health literacy of persons living with cancer and their family caregivers.
Study Three was the development of an intervention, which was preceded by an exploration of relevant models. The Medical Research Council and Behaviour Change Wheel guided the systematic selection of behaviours to be targeted by the intervention. It was proposed that change was needed in the psychological capability, social opportunity, and automatic and reflective motivation of adults with cancer and their family caregivers. Seven intervention functions and nineteen behaviour change taxonomies were identified as relevant to include in an intervention targeted at meeting needs and improving health-related quality of life. Study Four described the protocol of a randomised controlled trial to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a nurse-delivered psychosocial intervention for adult Nigerians living with cancer and their family caregivers.
In Study Five, 176 participants participated in a two-arm randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the intervention. Findings indicated that the program was feasible to implement, and the intervention group demonstrated significant improvements in family/social support, spiritual needs, information needs, cancer health literacy, and health-related quality of life (adults with cancer, F (13, 65) = 24.50, p < 0.001; Wilks’ Lambda = .17; family caregivers, F (13, 65) = 14.27, p < 0.001; Wilks’ Lambda = .26). As evidenced by strong acceptance (86.3%) and retention rates (93.2%), the psychosocial intervention was welcomed by participants. Treatment fidelity ranged from 88.5 to 94.6 percent.
This PhD research addressed knowledge gaps about the needs of adults with cancer and their families in Nigeria. It was the first study in Nigeria to employ the Spiritual and Supportive Care Frameworks in an oncology setting and involve participants in the intervention planning process. The study and associated publications contribute to the literature on cancer caregiving and intervention development by describing and specifying the design, content, and mechanisms of action for an evidence-based and theoretically informed intervention targeting adults with cancer and family caregivers. This research provides a solid foundation for future work to advance interventional oncology research.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Nursing & Midwifery
Griffith Health
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Asongwe, Michael N. (Michael Nde). "Population Growth and Socioeconomic Development in Nigeria 1960 - 1984." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501243/.
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This study is directed toward the relationship between population growth and socioeconomic development in Nigeria for the period 1960-1984. A controlled population growth would positively affect every segment of the economic and social environment. With hunger and starvation, disease, poverty and illiteracy plaguing large portions of the world, Nigeria's limited resources would best be utilized if shared among a smaller population, Nigeria, like other developing African countries, does not have an official population control policy. The diversity in the Nigerian culture, the controversial nature of the subject of population control, and possibly, implementation difficulties, account for the absence of a population control policy in Nigeria. This study offers in its concluding section some policy recommendations on how to tackle Nigeria's population problem.
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Akinyoade, Akinbola I. "UNDERSTANDING NIGERIAN IMMIGRANTS ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENGAGING IN TOURISM IN NIGERIA." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1365714631.
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Mann, C. C. P. "Anglo-Nigerian pidgin : a socio-psychological survey of urban southern Nigeria." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.657266.
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Pidgins and creoles are hybrid languages that evolve from situations of language contact (e.g. slave trade); creoles are traditionally regarded as pidgins that have acquired native speakers. Since the 1960s, the contemporary study of pidgins and creoles has grown from strength to strength, and has earned much-deserved academic recognition and respect in the field of linguistics, the subject area being now known as pidginistics and creolistics. Strangely, while some progress appears to have been made in the quest to define, classify and better understood their linguistic-structural dispositions (and possible applications), precious little study has been conducted on the anatomy of social attitudes toward such languages, in spite of the stigmatized statuses they traditionally suffer. To compound this point, equally relatively few language attitude studies have been conducted in Africa. This survey hopes to fill some of the current gap. Consequently, it was decided that a sociopsychological survey would be undertaken on Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin (ANP), a contact variety, which is said to have derived from initial contacts with Portuguese sailors in the 15th century and the diverse ethnicities along the coastline of the geopolitical area now called 'Nigeria', and probably underwent processes of relexification/adlexification with intensified contacts with the British, especially in the 18th century (Hancock, 1968). The findings on ANP appear to demonstrate that social attitudes are mainly based on pragmatic issues of formal and informal instrumentality, as would be the case with any other ('natural') language, and not on sociomoral considerations. The survey also throws up three possibly-viable hypotheses on language attitude orientations (Age of Contact Hypothesis; Source of Contact Hypothesis; and, Language Competence Hypothesis).
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Harvan, Mary Margaret. "Writing resistance : representations of Ken Saro-Wiwa and narratives of the Ogoni Movement in Nigeria /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Mohammed, Ismaila. "The Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decrees (1972 and 1977) and indigenisation in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1985. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/34591/.
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The thesis is a comprehensive examination of the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Decrees of 1972 and 1977, and more broadly of the process of indigenisation in Nigeria. A brief introduction to the historical background of indigenisation before 1970 is followed by an account of the timing of the Decrees in the context of the oil boom in the country's economy. An examination of the problems encountered in implementing the Decrees and their effects, and an analysis of the distribution of benefits, is informed by empirical research including interviews, carried out by the author in Nigeria between 1982 and 1985. The record shows that indigenisation has led to the consolidation of an economy which accommodates the interests of ex-State personnel, the State as an institution, private indigenous businessmen and foreign capital, in an order which is far from certain to bring about the national economic independence which, in official terms, is the chief objective. Nigeria's commitment to capitalism and the promotion of Indigenous private enterprise, on the basis of resources generated initially by the agricultural economy, between the 1940s and 1960s, and then much more spectacularly and more significantly by oil revenues in the 1970s, provides an instructive example of the limits to what a post-colonial society in black Africa can achieve by trying to indigenise the ownership structure of its economy.
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Mann, CC. "Attitudes toward Anglo-Nigerian pidgin in urban Southern Nigeria: The generational variable." Romanian Review of Linguistics, 2010. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001176.
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Abstract. A questionnaire − and interview − based survey of attitudes toward Anglo-
Nigerian Pidgin (ANP) (or ‘Nigerian Pidgin English’) was undertaken on a stratified
random sample of 1,200 respondents in six urban centres in southern Nigeria, in
relation to perceptions of its language status, its possible use as a subject and medium
of instruction, and its possible adoption as an official language in the future, given its
ever-increasing sociolinguistic vitality and preponderance.
An analysis of the generational variable of the survey findings indicate that, contrary to
expectations, the middle age generation (40-49 years) were consistently the most
favourable in their attitudes toward ANP, with regard to: 1) teaching ANP as a subject;
2) using ANP as a medium of instruction in schools; and, 3) adopting ANP as Nigeria’s
official language, whereas the young generation (15-19 years) - currently considered
ANP’s main users and vectors - were the least favourable. The paper discusses and
attempts to explain this apparent paradox.
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Oluyitan, Emmanuel F. "Combating Corruption at the Grass-Roots Level: The Case of Individual Oath Takers." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1429101146.
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Nuhu, Habib M. "Entrepreneurship and Institutions in Innovation systems research: Evidence from the Nigerian film industry." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/15907.
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As the innovation systems approach becomes increasingly transferred from developed to developing countries as a framework for achieving increased productivity, the notion of deficient institutions becomes more important. Prior research on innovation systems has adopted a broad treatment of institutions that has resulted in an omission of the impact that deficient institutions have on implementing innovation. Towards providing a treatment of institutions that is more specific and by extension, accounts for the impact of deficient institutions within developing country innovation systems, this thesis on the account of both the personcentric characteristic of the entrepreneur and the entrepreneur’s ability to deal with uncertainty focused on answering the research question: How do entrepreneurs deal with deficient institutions in developing country innovation systems in order to introduce innovation? By considering the context of the Nigerian film industry innovation system, this thesis showed that entrepreneurs dealt with the deficient institutions by substituting them with informal institutions during their interactions with Nigerian actors, and with formal institutions that looked to be external to the Nigerian environment when interacting with international actors. In addition to this, the decision to use these institutions was seen to have been influenced by both the situations that the entrepreneurs faced and their personal experiences personal experiences. By showing this, the thesis contributed to the literature on innovation systems by providing a more nuanced understanding of institutions in comparison with what previously existed. Another contribution was the introduction of agency (through analytical focus on the entrepreneur) within innovation systems research.
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Tanaka, Aki. "Questions of Identity for a Nigerian-Born Japanese Man in Kabukichyo, Tokyo." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1276116460.
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Adetiba, Toyin Cotties. "Ethnic conflict in Nigeria: a challenge to inclusive social and political development." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1006955.
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The question of ethnicity has been one of the most topical subjects of study by social scientists. The controversies around this phenomenon seem to have been heated up by the high visibility of mobilized and politicized ethnic groups in most multi-ethnic states. Therefore, the extent to which ethnic nationalities are able to effectively manage the interplay of ethnic differences determines to what extent a multi-ethnic nation develops without crisis. Historically Nigeria has come a long way from multi-ethnic entity with political differences and background to the amalgamation of 1914 till the present structure of thirty-six states. Ethnicity, no doubt has contributed immensely to ethnic conflicts in Nigeria because of long standing revulsion or resentments towards ethnic groups different from one’s own or fear of domination which can as well lead ethnic groups to resort to violence as a means to protect and preserve the existing ethnic groups. Significantly ethnicity in Nigeria, is a product inequality among the various ethnic groups orchestrated by a long period of colonialism; a period which witnessed the ascendancy of three major ethnic groups to the socio-political domination of other ethnic groups and a period when the three major ethnic groups were used as a pedestal for the distribution of socio-political goods, resulting in the inability of other ethnic groups to access these socio-political goods. This situation has continued to impact negatively on the forces of national integration and cohesion in ethnically divided Nigeria. Considering the relationship between ethnicity and development; socio-political exclusion is not only ethically dangerous to development but also economically unproductive. It deprives groups and individuals of the opportunity for the necessary development that can be beneficial to the society. Thus, it is important to develop an integrative socio-political frame-work that explicitly recognizes the participatory role of every ethnic group in governance. Hence, there is a need for the adoption of inclusive governance to manage ethnicity in Nigeria. Notwithstanding, ethnic conflict still persists and an attempt will be made in this study to identify the reasons. Central to socio-political sustainability in Nigeria is a system that should recognize that differences are important to development and encompass notions of equality. Such a system should acknowledge the socio-political and economic power of every ethnic group and promote a system devoid of ethnocentric and exclusionary socio-political and economic policies.
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Damm, Andreas. "Chance or Crisis?" Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-202694.
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Ireland experienced an unprecedented arrival of immigrants during the years of economic prosperity. The new diversity was met with divided public opinion towards non-Irish and an increasingly selective immigration policy. The media, as a main contributor to public discourse, play an important role in the construction of migrant images and therefore have a profound impact on such developments. Employing a combination of quantitative and qualitative content analysis, this study examines whether different immigrant groups have the same chance of favourable or unfavourable portrayal in daily newspapers. Based on the most frequent roles and topics associated with Poles, Nigerians and Chinese, a selection of newspaper articles is subjected to in-depth analysis. The overarching result that there is not one image of the Irish media illustrates how difficult, if not impossible, it is to arrive at findings that can be generalised. Individual newspapers are found to pursuit varying and sometimes covert strategies in the representation of immigrants. It is further shown that immigrants who are perceived as culturally closer to Irishness have a higher chance of favourable portrayal than those who are perceived as culturally more distant. Some commonly accepted perceptions of immigrants are unmasked as myths.
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Olorunfemi, Christianah Oluseyi. "Perspectives on HIV/AIDS: American-Based Nigerian Women Who Experienced Polygamy in Rural Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1350.
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Traditionally, in Nigeria women play a subservient role in relation to men. While a man can practice polygamy by marrying many wives, women cannot marry more than one husband at a time. Although researchers have documented the effects of polygamy on the spread of HIV/AIDS, little is known about the experiences of polygamy by Nigerian women who stopped practicing polygamy by immigrating to the United States without their husbands. It is important to know the experiences of these women as they pertain specifically to the spread of HIV/AIDS so as to develop a preventive intervention for HIV/AIDS among Nigerian women in polygamy. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the perspectives on HIV/AIDS held by 10 Nigerian women who practiced polygamy in Nigeria before immigrating to the United States. Recruitment was done through purposive sampling at a faith-based organization. Guided by the health belief model, interview transcripts from the 10 women were analyzed to reveal recurrent themes that expressed the women's lived experiences in polygamy with their perspectives on HIV/AIDS. Findings revealed that these women had a basic knowledge of the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS by engaging in polygamy but needed to comply with the terms of sexual encounters as dictated by their husbands; therefore, they were at risk for HIV/AIDS. The results of this study can be used to increase awareness among Nigerian women in polygamy and Nigerian health policy makers regarding the transmission of HIV/AIDS and the preventive measures available for HIV/AIDS. Understanding the experiences of women in polygamy may lead to greater understanding of the impact of polygamy on HIV/AIDS and may help to decrease the prevalence of this disease.